“They knew over two weeks ago ... they knew what they had to redact. They didn’t want this out,” Nunes told "Fox & Friends."

“And that’s why we wanted it out and they didn’t because it bolsters the case that we made specifically on the [Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act] abuse that the court wasn’t notified that the Clinton campaign and the Democrats paid for this dirt that ended up being phony,” he added.

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Democrats on Saturday released a redacted memo in response to a Republican one made public earlier this month that alleged the FBI and Department of Justice (DOJ) abused their power to spy on Carter Page, a former Trump campaign aide.

Democrats argue that their memo added context to the process the FBI and DOJ used to obtain a warrant to spy on Page.